Box-lifter



(No odel.)

F. P. MORRISON.

BOX LIFTER.

No. 423,621. Patented Mar. 18, 1.890.

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UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFF CE.

FRANKLIN PHILIP MORRISON, OF BIG SKIN CREEK, WEST VIRGINIA' BOX-LIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 423,621, dated March 18, 1890.

Application filed October 31, 1889. Serial No. 328,751. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN PHILIP MOR- RISON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Big Skin Creek, in the county of Lewis and State of West Virginia, have invented a new and useful Box Lifter and Elevator, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a convenient means for elevating or lowering boxes from shelves above the heads of salesmen in stores, whereby access to the same maybe had without the use of step-ladders or climbing upon the part of the salesmen.

With these general objects in View the invention primarily consists in a socket, preferably formed ofsheet metal, secured to the exposed side or end of the box, said socket being of such shape as to adaptthe same to receive and snugly fit the end of a yard-stick or other pole adapted for the purposein view, whereby said boxes may be brought down from their shelves or replaced thereon, as desirable.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a perspective of one end of abox provided with a socket constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of a modification. Fig. 3 is a similar view of another modification. Fig. 4 is a plan of the blank for constructing the form shown in Fig. 1, and likewise Figs. 5 and 6 are plans of the blanks for the construction of sockets shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Fig. 7 is a modification of the securing means.

Like numerals of reference indicate like partsin all the figures of the drawings.

Referring particularly to Figs- 1 and 4, 1 represents a box of any ordinary construction, and preferably of that kind used upon shelves of stores, and to the exposed end of the same there is secured a socket 2, in this instance formed of sheet metal, and projecting from and preferably integral with a securing-plate 3, in this instance secured to the box by means of spurs struck from the metal and passed through the wall of the box and clinched, said plate also serving as a guard for the end of the box, whereby the engaging end of the stick in coming in contact therewith in the act of entering the socket is prevented from scraping or otherwise injuring or defacing the box.

Although I have herein described my inventionas formed of sheet metal, it is apparentwthat the same may be formed of any suitable fabric or pasteboard, leather, or other material, and in anymanner desired. I have herein, however, illustrated and described a few of what I consider my most practical forms. 7

In Fig. 4 the blank is of oblong shape and a transverse fold-line 4 is made at approximately the center of the same and a second. parallel fold-line 5 a short distance from the first-mentioned line, and longitudinal foldlines 6, parallel to each other, extend from the fold line 4 to the lower end of the blank. Rectangular portions of the blank are now removed at each side of the same, said portions being bounded by the longitudinal edges and the parallel and oppositely disposed fold-lines 4, 5, and 6. This leaves the plain half of the blank intact and with four rectangular corners. In each of these corners I provide divergent slits or cuts 7, leaving outer acutely-shaped tongues 8, which are struck down at a right angle to the blank and form a means for attaching the securing-plate 3 to the box. The blank is now folded upon the lines 4 and 5 and is severed from the foldlines 6 to 6 near its end and upon divergent lines extending from the lines 6 to the outer corners of the blank. After folding upon the lines4 and 5 the blank is folded upon the lines 6, so that the opposite flaps 9, formed bythe fold, may be soldered at their edges to the face of the securing-plate 3, and the-ends beyond the edge of the blank are flared or divergent, so as to form guides and facilitate the introduction of the end of a yard or other stick 10.

In Fig. 2 essentially the same blank is employed, with the exception that in lieu of forming the opposite square recesses a diagonal cut is made from the point Where the lines 6 join the line 4 to the outer corners of the blank. The blank is then folded upon the line 4, only the line 5 being omitted, and the inclined edge of the wing 9 is soldered to the securing-plate so that the socket formed by the blank is contracted toward its upper end, and therefore adapted to receive a stick or pole the end of which is somewhat reduced or chamfered. This form of blank, previous to folding, is shown in Fig.5.

In.Fig. 6 the construction is varied by simply slitting the blank upon the lines 4 and 5 from the lines 6 outwardly and bending the intermediate portions upwardly to-form sides, the flaps 9 being bent over the sides andsecured to their edges to the securing-plate. 31c product of this blank is clearly shown i 1g. 3.

In Fig. 7 I have illustrated a means for securing the securing-plate to the wall of the box, and the same consists in providing the edge of the securing-plate 3 with a hinged pin 12, adapted to be passed through the wall of the box and to engage at its free end a catch 13, formed at the opposite end of the plate and passed through the wall of the box.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isl. Theherein-described box-lifter, the same comprising a fiat securing-plate and an inverted socket located at the upper end of the .same, so as to leave a portion of the plate below the socket, and having top, front, and opposite side walls, the socket and plate being formed of sheet metal, substantially as specified.

2. The herein-described box-lifter, the same comprising a securing-plate and an inverted socket located at the upper end of the same, said'socket having top, front, and opposite side walls, the plate extending below the socket toform a guard-plate, the socket and plate being integral and struck up'from a blank of sheet metal, substantially as specified.

3. The herein-described box-lifter, consisting of a sheet-metal securing-plate rectangular in plan and having V-slits at its four corners or angles, the metal intermediate said slits being bent to form securing-tongues, and

an inverted socket located at the upper end of the plate, the socket and plate being integral and struck up from a single blank, substantially as specified.

4. A box provided with a lift consisting of an inverted socket and a sheet metal securing-plate extended below the socket to form a guard-plate, and having spurs struck up from the plate, inserted through the wall of the box, and clinched thereover, substantially as specified.

5. The herein-described lift adapted to be secured to the wall of a box, comprising a metallic securing-plate having integral struckup spurs at its corners, and havingan inverted socket located at its upper end, the side walls of the socket being flared or oppositely inclined and terminating below the socket to form guides, substantially as speci- 

